Candy-mixing machine



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WITNESS: AT'VRNEZV PETER .NICHQLAS, OF MEECINE retrasa PATENT estinta.

HAT, ALBERTA; CANADA.

CANDY-MIXING yMA.CIEIll'E.

Application led .Tune 14, ,1924.

To all fr0/rom t may conce/m.'

Be it known that I, Pn'rnn Nici-roms, a citizen of the United States, residing at Medicine I-Iat, in the Province of Alberta and Dominion of Canada, have invented new vand useful Improvements in Candy-Mixing Machines, of which the following` is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for use by confectioners, bakers and the like vand has for its object the vprovision of .a novel machine designed foruse in beating creams, marshmallow, fondants, and the like in the manufacture of candy, and `also capable of use in beating cake batter and mixing doughs in the manufacture of cakes, bread and the like.

An important and more specific object is the provision of a machinefor this purpose which is powerI driven and which is therefore capable of having a large output so that the manufacturer of the goods specified will be simplified.

Another object isthe provision of a mechanism of this character embodying' a power driven agitator and interchangeable beaters and receptacles so that different materials may bel mixed, stirred or beaten.

An additional object is the provision of i a mixing machine which ywill be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, rapid in use, positive in action,` efficient and durable in service and a general improvement in the art.

lVith the above and other objects and advantages in view the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of the device.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 looking upwardly,

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section through one form of receptacle and beater',

Figure l is a plan view thereof,

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section through a different form of receptacle and beater and Figure 6 is a plan view thereof.

Referring more particularly to the drawings I have shown the device as comprising a hea-d member 10 supported by uprights il located at the corners thereof, which uprights are intended to be mounted. upon the floor in any suitable manner so as to be rigid and substantial. @n this head 10, which is Serial No. 720,052.

plate is a shaft lkprovi'ded at its upperend with a bevel gear 17 meshing with thek gear 15 and carrying', at its intermediate portieri a spur gear 18. `Also. journaled Vthrough the head -or lplate 'is a shaft 19 carrying a relatively large gear '20 meshing with the` small gear '18. The shafts 416 and 19 are prolonged downwardly andhave their lower ends forked at 21 and carrying movably mounted sleeves 22. On the kunderside kof the plate or head member 10 is a bracket 23 which supports ,the shafts vand which vprevents longitudinal movement thereof.

In connection with the above described mechanism. AI make use of a wheeled truck 24 designed to carry a receptacle 25 of a tub like nature or a kettle like receptacle 26 depending upon 4the nature'of the material to be beaten. The-receptacle-v is ofcylindrical shape witha slight taper and at the bottom thereof is a discharge holel 27 normally closed by a knife or plate valve 28 having a handle 29. f

The agitating means for the material in the receptacle '25 consists of an elongated bar 30 provided at its lower end with arcuate shoes 31 which have their free endsv braced with respect to the bar by inclined rods 32. In the bottom of the receptacle is an agitating member including crossed arms 38 from which rise rods 34. The agitating members are mounted centrally within the receptacle upon an upstanding trunnion which projects upwardly from the bottom of the receptacle and which is engaged within a suitable socket 36 in the lower end of the bar 30. I also provide upstanding pins 37 which rise from the crossed arms and which engage within the angles of the crossed shoes 31 so that the two agitating members must move in unison.

In the operation the tub is placed upon the truck Vand the material to be beaten is placed into the tub, the agitating members beingl of course in position. The truck is then wheeled into the space between the uprights 11 and the upper end is engaged within the fork 21 at the lower end of the shaft 16. the sleeve 22 being slid over the joint and fastened by a pin 38 or the like whereby to prevent separation of of the bar 30 v the parts. When power is applied to the pulley 14 the gearing will operate to rotate the agitating devices so that the material may be properly beaten. Vhen the mixing or beating is completed the operator swings the handle 29 to uncover the opening 27 so that the contents of the tub may flow into a suitable receptacle.

In mixing certain other materials the kettle like receptacle 26 is used. In this instance the agitating member formed by the arms 33 and 34 is not used and only the agitating member including the bar and shoes 31 is employed, this member being pivotally mounted at the center of the kettle by being engaged upon a trunnion 39 rising from the bottom thereof. In this instance the upper end of the -bar 30 is engaged with the fork in the lower end of the shaft 19 in case it isdesired that the material be beaten or mixed at a comparatively low speed, it being obvious that the shaft 19 rotates much more slowly than the shaft 16, though of course it should be understood that if desired for any reason either form of agitating devices and receptacle may be used with either shaft, all depending upon whether or not rapid mixing or beating is desired or possible this being governed by the material and its purpose.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will be apparent that I have thus provided a simply constructed, inexpensive and highly eiiicient mixing or beating device which is capable of use for a wide variety of purposes and which may be made in any desired size depending upon the interided capacity. As there'a-re so few parts, it is apparent that there vis very little to get out of order so that the device should have a long life and satisfactorily perform all of its functions.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, con l struction and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

1. In an agitating device, a receptacle provided at the center of its bottom with an upstanding trunnion, and agitating means including a member formed of lcrossed arms 5 carrying upstanding rods and formed centrally with a hole engaged upon said trunnion and an elongated shank adapted to be driven and carrying arcuate shoes arranged in crossed relation above said crossed arms, the lower end of the shank being formed with a socket rotatably engaged upon said trunnion,

2. In a device of the cha lacter described, a receptacle provided centrally of its bote5 tom with an upstanding bearing member, and agitating means including a member formed of arms arranged in intersecting relation and journally engaged with said bearing member, upstanding rods carried by said arms, an elongated shank member journaled centrally of said arms and carrying arcuate shoes arranged in intersecting relation about said arms.

3. In a device of the character described, T a receptacle provided centrally of its bottom with an upstanding trunnion, and agitating means located within the receptacle and including a lower member formed of arms arranged incross relation journally engaged so upon said trunnion and carrying spaced parallel upstanding rods, and a shank having a bearing portion rotatably engaged about the trunnion and carrying arcuate shoes arranged in cross relation and located above s: said arms.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa ture.

PETER NICHOLAS. 

